The Gorin (russian: Горин), also known as "Goryun" and "Garin", is a river in
Khabarovsk Krai,
Russia
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. It is the 8th longest tributary of the
Amur
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China ( Inner Manchuria). The Amur proper is long ...
, with a length of
[ and a drainage basin area of .][Water of Russia - Горин]
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It flows across the Solnechny and Komsomolsky districts. Over 80% of the river basin is covered by forests. The Komsomolsk Nature Reserve
Komsomolsk Nature Reserve (russian: Комсомольский заповедник) (also Komsomolsky) is a Russian ' zapovednik' (strict ecological reserve), encompassing the confluence of the Gorin River and the Amur River in the Russian Far E ...
, a protected area
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, is in its lower course, in the area of its confluence with the Amur.
Course
The Gorin is a left tributary
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of the Amur. It has its sources in the northwestern slope of the Dayana Range
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* Dayana (pronunciation d̪ ɪ ɑ ɴ ɑ, Language Hebrew, the Judge) variant of the given name Diana
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, part of the Badzhal mountain system, about to the west of Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is located ...
. In its upper course the river flows roughly in an ENE direction within a narrow valley and towards its middle reaches the valley expands to a width between and . The lower course is very swampy and the river forms wide meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ban ...
s. Finally it meets the Amur from its mouth.[ Google Earth]
The main tributaries of the Gorin are the long Khurmuli on the right, and the long Big Elga, the long Khagdu, the long Kharpi, and the long Boktor (Volchor) on the left. There are 879 lakes in the river basin, the largest of which is Evoron
Lake Evoron () is a large freshwater lake in Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai ( rus, Хабаровский край, r=Khabarovsky kray, p=xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Rus ...
. The river freezes between mid-November and the end of April or the beginning of May.[
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Fauna
The river is an important spawning ground for Pacific salmon
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, chum salmon
The chum salmon (''Oncorhynchus keta''), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus '' Oncorhynchus'' (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian ...
and pink salmon
Pink salmon or humpback salmon (''Oncorhynchus gorbuscha'') is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name fo ...
. Lenok
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and grayling are also abundant in its waters.[
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
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Rivers of Khabarovsk Krai